Stories

It's demanding work coaching a team - this week we'd like to shout out to Hayley Yule, one of the Year 13 SIC students who is doing a great job as a netball coach - Teacher and team manager Carys Overton says "Hayley is coaching the MAC D team this year and is doing a...

Here's a great synergy - Year 13 student Andrew Hay is choosing to give back to HQ with his volunteering. He's helping Year 11 HQ student Eamon Smith create Minecraft worlds. This week they're putting brick roofing on an obsidian house. Love your work!

Every Monday students from MAC go to the Wanaka Retirement Village to play board games and card games with residents. Lucas McTavish is pictured here playing scrabble with Cordy Maluschnig and Charles Kiewiet - "I lost with 124 points," he said, "and I learned that a...

EvieObie Grace Doherty and Betty Chapman are going to be visiting Wanaka Preschool today, with Sarah Millwater and her three canine friends. Winnie is mum to puppies Evie and Obie, who were born with cleft palates. This 'makes them look funny', which is part of the...

Liam Beaton has been playing drums with a young buddy, Isaac, every week. Clare Thomas-Moore, who has been working closely with them, says - "How awesome to see the commitment and rapport built up between Liam and his buddy. He has offered such good role modelling and...

*I took seven photos and Elena's eyes were closed in all of them - guess Deborah is smart to be wearing sunnies! Ruby Jamison and Elena McFadgen* are pictured here with Deborah Beange from the Electoral Commission. Ruby and Elena are working on a project to...

Stellar and Sara took on the task of running the tech for this two day gender equality conference in Wanaka on April 12th and 13th 2019 - Tyler and Jessie are here managing the doors. dav

Students volunteered their time at the 2019 Festival of Colour in a variety of colourful ways - from helping at the Street Theatre to volunteering their time to help people with technology or local teenage tales at the People Library, to owning the FOH experience for...

Here's Bridget O'Brien with manager Summer Rasmussen and the netball team they coach at a tournament in Alexandra. Bridget says "It was so cold but so good seeing the girls laugh and have fun as well as impressing me with their skill! 

Peta, Flynn and Charlotte taking Marj, Betty, Doreen and Mary for an afternoon walk  - it's so simple and profound to spend time outdoors together!